Machines Of Loving Grace
John Markoff, HarperCollins 2015, Bvtn Lib 303.483 MAR
- AI vs IA (Intelligence Augmentation)
xii : Stanford area, 1964: John McCarthy, Doug Englebart
- 004 : 1966 SRI, Shakey - robot w cameras on cart, tethered to racks of computers, minutes between moves
- 005 : 1966 SRI, oN Line System - Englebart lab
- 007 : 1969 Bill Duvall, network link to LA
- 010 : Paul Saffo, "Never mistake a clear view for a short distance"
labor force continues to expand, between 1964 and 2012 the economy added 74M jobs
- 010 : Job destruction for routinized middle-class jobs, expansion at the bottom and top of pyramid
- 021 : Tony Tether, 2004 director DARPA
- 032 : Sebastian Thrun ... 039 : Google self-driving car modified Prius
- 045 : Google car, commutes to Berkeley, weekend to Tahoe
- 046 : Tesla autopilot announcement
- 057 : Handoff problem, "Google decided that while in some distant future that might be a solvable problem, it wasn't possible now with existing technology."
- 058 : "golf cart" cars, less than 25 MPH for low speed urban driving
average in NY 17mph, SF 18mph - but what is averaged with zero - what is the distribution and what happens when you clip off the top??